Car Buying Made Painless

byÂ Pat and JenÂ from Michigan Center, MI 49254 |Â May 12, 2014

Sometimes, buying a car can be a long, arduous process than can leave the buyer emotionally wrung out and feeling like they have been "taken to the cleaners". I was prepared for something similar which is why Jen drove the old jalopy for so long after it was really advisable to do so. We did our homework before settling on a Kia and that meant buying from our local Kia dealer. We got lucky there! The whole process from our first phone call to leaving the lot in Jen's new Kia took two and a half hours total. That included filing out paperwork, credit checks, trade-in appraisal, test driving the new car, reviewing the contract, swapping the plate from the trade-in, setting up the hands-free Bluetooth phone connection, and signing all the final paperwork. That level of professionalism and precision is not often seen. On top of that, we received a generous trade-in appraisal that helped put the monthly payment well within our budget and made the decision to shop and buy at Kia of Jackson a no-brainer. It probably helped that we had done a bit of research before we called so we knew we wanted a Kia Soul but it was refreshing that, from the moment we stepped out of old crappy car, we felt that we were going to be in good hands. Even now, I am still shocked that everything went so smoothly. Thanks Steve Palmer, Joe Genco, and Cody Gier for making our car buying experience a good one! P.S. I'd also like to thank the lot attendant who took our car to detail it and fill up the gas tank. That was pretty slick because we didn't even see it happen. Nice!